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Paint It Black Record Release And Shows
12/30/2007
From: Solid PR
Though it's a month before their new album comes out, Paint It Black has announced a
two-day fest (of sorts) to celebrate the upcoming release of New Lexicon,
out February 19th on Jade Tree Records. Frontman Dan Yemin proclaims the record "will
bring punk rock back to year zero". New Lexicon was produced with the help
of J Robbins and avant Hip Hop demigods, Dalek.
Paint It Black explains the idea behind their upcoming record release shows:
As you're hopefully aware by now, our new CD is coming out on Jade Tree in February
(vinyl on Rivalry Records, CD on Reflections in Europe and Daymare in Japan), but when we
sat down to start planning the shows, we were forced to confront the modern reality that
these days release dates are next to meaningless. The thrill of going to the show, buying
the record, then going home and having your first listen on a proper stereo has been
supplanted by the burned CD-R, the leaked mp3.
So, we decided to get the jump on all that and hold our release shows well before any of
that, and to further throw a wrench into the gears of the concept of the "punk rock music
industry", decided it would be fun to simply give the CD away to everyone who came to
one of the shows. Everyone who comes to Saturday's show will get it. Free!
We've also always toyed with the idea of a "gig only" single, and since we've never released
a 7", [we] decided to press the one song leftover from the New Lexicon
recording sessions - "Goliath" - onto a one-sided 7" with a screened b-side. Everyone
who comes to Sunday's show will get it. Free! This particular record is resolutely "gig
only", and will only be available at this show - if there's any left, we're destroying them at
the end of the show. Not joking.
But don't get too distracted by the trappings of material possessions; really, this weekend
is about curating a weekend of DIY punk fun in our favourite city in the world. There are
over a dozen exciting and diverse bands spread over the three days of shows, so we hope
you can come hang out with us. If we're not friends yet, by the end of the weekend, we will
be.
New Lexicon, the group's third full-length, marks Paint It Black's first
recording with new drummer Jared Shavelson (Hope Conspiracy, None More Black). Guest
vocals from Jeff Pezati (Naked Raygun) appear on album closer "Shell Game Redux." Still,
many of the best surprises occur behind the scenes.
"Most indie or underground artists are guitar nuts, treating the bass as an afterthought,"
says Yemin. "Especially with heavy music, everyone is obsessed with a thick guitar sound
to sound aggressive. I've been frustrated with that for years."
The solution? Take the recording to someone who unequivocally understands the
importance of low end, someone with a punk background now working in Hip Hop:
Oktopus of the apocalyptic hip hop duo Dalek. Known for his dark, cinematic production
(think the RZA soundtracking The Exorcist), Oktopus samples and stretches
the existing sounds of feedback, bass booms and cymbal crashes into haunting ambient
interludes and serpentine waves trailing behind the buzz saw riffs.
Paint It Black - "Past Tense, Future Perfect" - MP3
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